--- a/externals/tecio/meson.build
+++ b/externals/tecio/meson.build
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-check_dir = run_command(python, 
-                        script_path / 'check_dir.py',
-                        'boost')
-if check_dir.returncode() != 0
-  message('Extracting boost ...')
-  extract_boost = run_command(python, 
-                              script_path / 'extract_file.py',
-                              'boost.tar.gz', 
-                              meson.current_source_dir(), check: true)
-else
-  message('Boost sources found.')
-endif
+#check_dir = run_command(python, 
+#                        script_path / 'check_dir.py',
+#                        'boost')
+#if check_dir.returncode() != 0
+#  message('Extracting boost ...')
+#  extract_boost = run_command(python, 
+#                              script_path / 'extract_file.py',
+#                              'boost.tar.gz', 
+#                              meson.current_source_dir(), check: true)
+#else
+#  message('Boost sources found.')
+#endif
 
 if mpi
   subdir('teciompisrc')